Prenatal exposure to 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126) promotes anxiogenic behavior in rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Orito, Kensuke ^a   Gotanda, Nanae ^a   Murakami, Masaru ^a   Ikeda, Tomoaki ^b   Egashira, Nobuaki ^c   Mishima, Kenichi ^c   Fujiwara, Michihiro ^c  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3,3 ,4,4 ,5 pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126); Anxiogenic; Corticosterone; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; CORN OIL; CORTICOSTERONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FETUS; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GESTATION PERIOD; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RAT; REARING; ROTAROD TEST; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34447618016     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.212.151     Document Type: Article

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